The FCC is abuzz about Verizon's new $350 cancellation fee. Verizon claims that the $350 fee is due to the fact that the devices that carry the excessive fee are expensive devices that cost the company more, hence the fees....

After being hit with over a foot of snow over the weekend, Twitter users in Washington D.C. organized a snow ball fight. The crowd-sourced snow ball fight was all in good fun, until an off duty police officer brandished a...

Since the MTV/AP Sexting survey came out, I've been hearing from concerned parents and school administrators all over the country. As you know, Sexting is slang for sending and receiving sexual content using mobile phones. How do you do it? Well, you probably don't, but your kids do. It's very...

Worried about Facebook's privacy changes? The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint against the social network with the FTC, noting that the update to the privacy settings "violate user expectations, diminish user privacy, and contradict Facebook's own representations."

Fidelity Investments recently fired four employees in Texas for participating in a $20 fantasy football league. While Cameron Pettigrew, one of the men fired for being part of the fantasy league, believes the decision is a "complete overreaction," the company...

McDonald's announced that many of its restaurants in the US will come equipped with free Wi-Fi. While Mickey D's has offered Wi-Fi in the past, it usually came with the price tag of $2.95/hour. A new partnership with AT&T finds...

A new case involving texting on company phones is set to hit the Supreme Court. The case, which involves police officers in Ontario, California exceeding their alloted text messages on the phones issued by the department, could have major ramifications...

This weekend rumors of Google's self branded phone were confirmed as pictures of the handset leaked on Twitter. The Nexus One, as its called, will reportedly be available to consumers next year. Google claims that the phone will be sold without an exclusive wireless provider, giving...

Playboy now has an iPhone application available in the iTunes App store. While the magazine is known for its nude pictorials, the app eschews naked photos for Playboys articles. Why? Because Apple still won't allow apps with nudity to be...

Vevo, the Recorded Music Industries answer to its business woes, launched last night with a star-studded party in Manhattan. Bono, John Mayer, WyClef Jean, Rihanna, and Queen Rania of Jordan joined Universal's Doug Morris, Google's Eric Schmidt and practically...

The new music video site Vevo is set to launch today. Founded by Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group, the venture, which hopes to revitalize the music industry by taking control of music videos on the web, finally got...

Google is taking aim at Miriam Webster and Oxford by launching its own dictionary. The move will direct all definition searches to the new Google Dictionary, which will have complete authoritative definitions, sentence examples and links with more detail. Google...

A new survey reports that 1/3 of teens have engaged in the new form of sexual communication known as 'sexting.' While many are sending risque text messages, many others are sending nude pictures to each other online, with 61% of...

The recent Tiger Woods scandal has shed light on the lack of privacy in the digital world. Alleged text messages and voice messages are assumed to be private, however, in the end, nothing written or spoken and communicated digitally can...

Facebook is getting rid of regional networks in order to improve privacy controls. The decision will give users the ability to control every aspect of their profile, including limiting who can see specific links, photos and shares. Users seem to...

Web surfers went wild yesterday for Cyber Monday, spending more than 11% year over year. Last year, consumers spent more than $800 million on Cyber Monday, rivaling Black Friday for the largest retail day of the year. This years Cyber...

BitTorrent giant Mininova has been forced to go legal. In doing so, the bit torrent tracker has removed all links to copyrighted material. Despite claiming to be "the Ultimate BitTorrent source," on Friday, when it went legal, zero torrents were...

Toys "R" Us is giving customers the opportunity to preview its Holiday sales online Rather than publish its Black Friday deals in newspapers, the popular toy store is previewing its sales event on Facebook. The sales preview is not only...

Wal-Mart and Amazon are in the midst of an epic Holiday season rivalry. Both retailers are holding massive holiday sales, with both companies dropping prices of popular gifts after the competitor. In the cautious market, Amazon and Wal-Mart are trying...

Walmart continues to roll out holiday specials including a $78 Blu-ray player sale on Black Friday. In addition to the low price Blu-ray consoles, Walmart will also be selling $10 Blu-ray movies on Black Friday. With low price players and...